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Classical Composer Or U.S. President?

Not to be confused with Theodore Roosevelt, Glazunov was a Russian Romantic composer best known for his ballet 'The Seasons.'

Alexander Glazunov

Which one is a composer?

The fourth president of the United States, famously one of the fathers of the Bill of Rights. Don't mix him up with Leopold Mozart (father of... well, take a wild guess).

James Madison

Which one is a U.S. president?

This French impressionist composer's lifetime actually overlapped with Ulysses S. Grant's for an entire decade.

Maurice Ravel

Harrison belonged to a group known as the "forgotten presidents" (because, let's be real, you probably forgot about him). Johannes Brahms, on the other hand? Pretty memorable.

Benjamin Harrison

Bernstein was a renowned American composer, conductor, pianist, writer, and lecturer. Not unlike his multitasking doppelgänger, actor-turned-politician Ronald Reagan.

Leonard Bernstein

This successor to Richard Nixon lived to the age of 93. Not to be outdone, composer Elliott Carter died just one month short of his 104th birthday.

Gerald Ford

Polish composer Frédéric Chopin mastered the piano. 14th president Franklin Pierce, meanwhile, mastered...slavery. Seriously. The guy thought abolition was the single greatest threat to the United States.

Known as "Silent Cal," this 30th president was famously shy. So was Finnish nationalist composer Jean Sibelius, who actually shaved his head later in life to appear more intimidating despite his quiet demeanor.

Calvin Coolidge

This Belgian composer shares his wicked facial hair with 8th president Martin van Buren.

César Franck

Truman saw the end of World War II, while British composer Frederick Delius moved south to avoid World War I.

Harry S Truman

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Classical Composer Or U.S. President?

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